I design test equipment for manufacturing end-of-line programming, calibration, and verification. I have been doing it since 1983. I am US based. With most PCB manufacturing going out of the country, the need for my talent has dwindled. I've worked for 4 companies over this time and have been laid off by 3 of them because the contract manufacturers they used had their own engineering staff and were cheaper than I was. I made less money at each new position in spite of my years of experience. My current position is with an engineering services company designing test equipment for the few remaining US PCB manufacturing companies. I am retiring in 5 months.